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The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), in partnership with the World Vegetable Center and Sri Lanka’s Department of Agriculture is promoting safe and sustainable vegetable cultivation in Sri Lanka through a package of good agronomic practices using farmer participatory trials. IWMI’s research under the CGIAR Initiative on Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy ...
Water is an essential input in modern agriculture; irrigation ensures that crops get sufficient amounts of water to grow well, especially in areas where rain is not acceptable. A correctly selected irrigation system can provide water efficiency and yield for crops as well as farm productivity. Of the various irrigation systems available, ...
Due to climate change, regions across Asia and Africa are experiencing higher frequencies of floods and drought. Coupled with rising temperatures, traditional crop-growing patterns have been altered, delayed, and disrupted. A subsequent decline in crop quality and quantity has shown macro-scale impacts on agriculture, vegetable markets, and local community ...
Decisive Farming by TELUS Agriculture is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Crop Intelligence, a cutting-edge platform that allows customers to maximize the use of the water available to their crop. ...
No more so than at Bellis Brothers near Wrexham, where thrips wiped out a crop worth £25,000 three years ago. Even when using chemical controls, the business will lose an average of 5-10% of its outdoor-grown strawberry fruit to thrips in any given year. ...
Decisive Farming by TELUS Agriculture is excited to unveil a powerful new connection between ChrysaLabs’ innovative soil insights solution with our Farm At Hand platform. This connection allows farmers to receive real-time soil sampling results directly into their Farm At Hand accounts, providing them with precise, actionable insights within minutes of ...
Since the initial Federal Order came into effect in late 2019, which restricted the import of both tomato and pepper fruit and propagative plant materials to safeguard against the virus, the Canadian greenhouse vegetable sector has implemented stringent on-farm biosecurity protocols to limit the introduction and spread of the virus. ...
For generations, farmers in Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have relied on traditional farming techniques passed down by their forebears. However, despite many of them struggling to make ends meet, the farmers have been reluctant to abandon these age-old methods. ...
In a year marked by abnormally early crop disease pressures, over 880 British farmers, agronomists, and advisors have made use of the free IPM Tool to create over 1200 bespoke IPM cropping plans online. As part of a new update released this week, new benchmarking functionality allows users to view current invertebrate pest, disease, and weed risks on a national level, and compare their IPM ...
Years with lower corn prices lead to many farmers making soybeans a bigger part of their crop plan. The Maximum Farming System® can help make the most of such changes and provide optimal fertilizer management, which varies by crop. ...
Repeatable by design and flexible by nature, the Pivot Bio N-OVATOR™ program compensates farmers every crop cycle for using a more reliable form of nitrogen by connecting them with companies looking to achieve Scope 3 emissions reduction goals. ...
Southern Irrigation has joined forces with the Timotheos Foundation in Malawi, an agricultural country that has been rated the poorest country on earth. Malawi is one of the world’s most impoverished and least developed nations, and it is making an effort to overcome decades of underdevelopment, corruption, and the impact of AIDS, which claims the lives of thousands every year. ...
Utilizing Agricultural Straw Straw charcoal making machine, on the other hand, leverages agricultural residue – a byproduct of crop cultivation. By converting straw into charcoal, we not only reduce waste but also tap into a renewable and abundant resource. ...
Basically, by doing nothing it was perfectly viable to grow crops. Fukuoka named his method “Shizen Noho”, or “Do-nothing farming”. ...
The first-ever product to deliver nitrogen-producing microbes on the seed for crops like corn, sorghum, and spring wheat, Pivot Bio PROVEN® 40 On-Seed (OS) and Pivot Bio RETURN® On-Seed provide growers with nitrogen that is better for their farms and the environment. ...
The farm will play a significant role in the LEP’s development of its ‘Clean Growth’ ambitions for the region. ...
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC), a leading global agricultural sciences company, announced the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang Province, China, granted FMC a permanent injunction against Hangzhou Udragon Chemical Co., Ltd and Zhejiang Udragon Bioscience Co., Ltd (collectively "Udragon"). The Court found Udragon infringed on FMC's patent for a key intermediate chemical used in the ...
Group sales increase by 8.9 percent (Fx & portfolio adj.) to 44.081 billion euros EBITDA before special items declines by 2.5 percent to 11.179 billion euros – inflation-related increase in costs and negative currency effects largely offset Crop Science grows sales by double-digit percentage (Fx & portfolio adj.) and increases earnings Pharmaceuticals posts higher sales – ...
ByBayer AG
Potager Farm will operate and run the farm in Berlin, supplying fresh produce to Greenman’s retail centres. ...
Built in collaboration with Bayer's global sustainability team, the badge is awarded to farmers who score high on a sustainable farming practices survey which assigns a score to key farming practices such as no-tillage practices, reduced use of nitrogen, soil management or types of rotation crops. ...
ByBayer AG